Brittany Murphy

Actress Brittany Murphy, who starred in such films as 8 Mile, Just Married and Uptown Girls, died today after going into cardiac arrest. The Los Angeles Times reported the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to “a medical request” at Murphy’s home in West Hollywood, and took her to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center near Beverly Hills, where she was pronounced dead. In 2006, Murphy teamed up Paul Oakenfold on the chart-topping club single “Faster Kill Pussycat.” Murphy was 32 years old.